Ford Super Duty (2018 year). Manual - part 8

Recommendations for attaching child safety restraints for children

Use any attachment method as indicated below by X

Combined

weight of

child and

child seat

Restraint

Type

Safety belt

only

Safety belt
and LATCH

(lower

anchors

and top

tether

anchor)

Safety belt

and top

tether

anchor

LATCH

(lower

anchors

only)

LATCH

(lower

anchors

and top

tether

anchor)

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing

child seat

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing

child seat

X

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward

facing

child seat

X

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward

facing

child seat

Note: The child seat must rest tightly
against the vehicle seat upon which it is
installed. It may be necessary to lift or
remove the head restraint.  See Seats (page
156).

CHILD SAFETY LOCKS

When these locks are set, the rear doors
cannot be opened from the inside.

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The childproof locks are located on the
rear edge of each rear door and must be
set separately for each door.

Left-Hand Side

Turn counterclockwise to lock and
clockwise to unlock.

Right-Hand Side

Turn clockwise to lock and
counterclockwise to unlock.

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNINGS

Always drive and ride with the
seatback upright and the lap belt
snug and low across the hips.

To reduce the risk of injury, make
sure children sit where they can be
properly restrained.

Never let a passenger hold a child on
his or her lap while your vehicle is
moving. The passenger cannot

protect the child from injury in a crash
which may result in serious injury or death.

All occupants of the vehicle,
including the driver, should always
properly wear their seatbelts, even

when an airbag supplemental restraint
system is provided. Failure to properly wear
your seatbelt could seriously increase the
risk of injury or death.

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a
cargo area, inside or outside of a
vehicle. In a crash, people riding in

these areas are more likely to be seriously
injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride
in any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and seatbelts. Be sure
everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and
using a seatbelt properly.

In a rollover crash, an unbelted
person is significantly more likely to
die than a person wearing a seatbelt.

Each seating position in your vehicle
has a specific seatbelt assembly
which is made up of one buckle and

one tongue that are designed to be used
as a pair. 1) Use the shoulder belt on the
outside shoulder only. Never wear the
shoulder belt under the arm. 2) Never
swing the seatbelt around your neck over
the inside shoulder. 3) Never use a single
belt for more than one person.

WARNINGS

When possible, all children 12 years
old and under should be properly
restrained in a rear seating position.

Failure to follow this could seriously
increase the risk of injury or death.

Seatbelts and seats can become hot
in a vehicle that has been closed up
in sunny weather; they could burn a

small child. Check seat covers and buckles
before you place a child anywhere near
them.

Front and rear seat occupants,
including pregnant women, should
wear seatbelts for optimum

protection in an accident.

All seating positions in this vehicle have
lap and shoulder belts. All occupants of
the vehicle should always properly wear
their seatbelts, even when an airbag
supplemental restraint system is provided.

The seatbelt system consists of:
•

Lap and shoulder seatbelts.

•

Shoulder seatbelt with automatic
locking mode, (except driver seatbelt).

•

Height adjuster at the front outboard
seating positions.

•

Seatbelt pretensioner at the front
outboard seating positions.

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•

Seatbelt warning light and chime.

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•

Crash sensors and monitoring system
with readiness indicator.

The seatbelt pretensioners at the front
seating positions are designed to tighten
the seatbelts when activated. In frontal
and near-frontal crashes, the seatbelt
pretensioners may be activated alone or,
if the crash is of sufficient severity, together
with the front airbags. In side crashes and
rollovers, the seatbelt pretensioners
activate when the Safety Canopy is
activated.

FASTENING THE SEATBELTS

Standard belts shown, inflatable belts
similar

The front outboard and rear safety
restraints in the vehicle are combination
lap and shoulder belts.

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1.

Insert the belt tongue into the proper
buckle (the buckle closest to the
direction the tongue is coming from)
until you hear a snap and feel it latch.
Make sure you securely fasten the
tongue in the buckle.

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2. To unfasten, press the release button

and remove the tongue from the
buckle.

Using the Seatbelt with Cinch
Tongue (Front Center Seat on
Super Cab and Crew Cab)

The cinch tongue slides up and down the
belt webbing when you stow the belt or
while putting seatbelts on. When you
buckle the lap and shoulder seatbelt, the
cinch tongue allows you to shorten the lap
portion, but pinches the webbing to keep
the lap portion from getting longer. The
cinch tongue is designed to slip during a
crash, so always wear the shoulder belt
properly and do not allow any slack in
either the lap or shoulder portions.

Before you can reach and latch a lap and
shoulder belt having a cinch tongue into
the buckle, you may have to lengthen the
lap belt portion of it.